Asset Investment Decisions and
Optimization of Strategic Plans

Can you demonstrate and prove...

...that your investment plan delivers the best value mix of costs, risks, performance and sustainability?

...which tasks to re-schedule if budgets or priorities change?

...the true cost and risk impact of resource or regulatory constraints?

We can help you to quantify the business case for your strategies, plans and projects. Enabling you to explore, instantly, the costs, risks and performance implications of different options and scenarios.

We can deliver

Project justifications and whole portfolio optimization

Justification and optimal timing of individual projects/interventions and complex investment or activity programs.

Transparency, consensus-building and assurance

…for what is worth doing (or spending), when and why.

Coherent management of risk and sustainability

…in decisions and strategies – from individual asset failure modes to enterprise level.

Whole life cycle value

Transforming organizational thinking, culture and performance. Our methods provide rigorous consideration of the full asset life cycle in procurement and project decisions, in operations & maintenance and in end-of-life decisions.

Real, large financial benefits

Our process is an instant return on investment and highly sustainable; ALL implementations of this approach have been ‘self-funding’ within the first 6 months.

Our Solution?

DST StAMP (Strategic Asset Management Planner)

The leading-edge decision support software to aggregate and optimize complete programs of asset investment and other projects, competing for funding and resources to meet conflicting objectives.

Combines individual strategies and interventions studies into a complete program of work, with full ‘drill-down’ transparency of what, why, and when.
Calculates the combined, total impact of CapEx, OpEx, and RiskEx, performance, and other business outcomes.
Enables real-time identification and exploitation of timing opportunities
Uses advanced analytics (AI) to seek the optimal compromise between competing goals
Provides rapid ‘what-if?’ comparisons to explore changes, alternative strategies, uncertainties, opportunities, or constraints
Exported plans and data can be directly used in budgeting and work management processes and tools
Outperforms any other strategic planning methods and tools to deliver unrivaled tangible benefits

SASOL Synfuels attributed over $20 million of benefits in cost avoidance and asset life extensions.

The ISA utilities group in South America found a 10:1 benefits/cost ratio.

Pirelli and SABIC reduced their planned shutdowns by 50%

London Underground estimated £2-4 million/year savings from just a 3-hour study of maintenance and renewal strategies.

Advanced technology with a human touch

The sweeping changes in asset information management, data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) can leave technical staff, planners and managers intimidated, and result in ‘temporary enthusiasms’ and underexploited opportunities. The SALVO Process supported by DST software tools, ensures complete alignment between ‘human factors’, business process disciplines and the proportionate use of advanced technology.

For example, it includes:

The capture and quantification of ‘tacit’ knowledge, securing organizational memory, recognizing and using personal expertise, and collective wisdom to compensate for uncertainties and lack of data.
Personal engagement, consensus-building and ‘line-of-sight alignment: unrivalled success in achieving understanding and agreement between front-line technical/operational staff, multi-disciplinary/multi-stakeholder viewpoints and senior management.

A systematic, customizable framework and process

Leadership confidence

Building understanding and support from senior managers
through 'proof of concept' studies

Planning

Customized implementation plan,
calibrated for local priorities, capabiities and culture.

Deployment

Phased introduction of training
processes and decision support tools

Governance

Consolidating into management system
authorities and business processes.

Embedding

Behavioral reinforcement, coaching and support,
establishing value criteria in all aspects of organizational
risk, cost and performance

Sustaining

Measuring benefits, feedback and
competency reinforcement.

Management of Change

Continuous improvement as a consistent habit.

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Asset Investment Decisions and
Optimization of Strategic Plans

Can you demonstrate and prove...

...that your investment plan delivers the best value mix of costs, risks, performance and sustainability?

...which tasks to re-schedule if budgets or priorities change?

...the true cost and risk impact of resource or regulatory constraints?